Biennials or perennials; densely to sparsely pubescent, trichomes subsessile, minute, Y-shaped or cruciform, mixed with simple or forked ones. Stems usually several from caudex, rarely simple, erect to decumbent, unbranched or branched distally, (1-)1.3-4(-5) dm, densely pubescent throughout or glabrescent distally. Basal leaves rosulate; petiole 0.5-2.5 cm; blade narrowly to broadly oblanceolate, 2-5 cm × 5-15 mm, margins lyrate-pinnatifid to coarsely dentate, apex obtuse to acute, surfaces densely pubescent. Cauline leaves 4-12; blade oblong to oblanceolate, 0.6-2 cm × 2-6 mm (base attenuate, not auriculate), margins coarsely dentate to pinnatifid, or (distal) subentire or dentate, apex obtuse to subacute, surfaces densely to sparsely pubescent. Fruiting pedicels 4-15 mm, densely pubescent to glabrescent. Flowers: sepals 1.5-2 × 0.8-1.2 mm; petals (3-)4-7 × 1.2-2 mm; filaments 2-3 mm; anthers ovate, 0.5-0.6 mm. Fruits ascending to suberect, straight to slightly tortuous, strongly torulose, strongly latiseptate, (1-)1.5-2(-2.5) cm × 0.8-1 mm; valves each with obscure midvein, densely pubescent to glabrescent; ovules 12-20 per ovary; style 0.2-1.3 mm. Seeds 1-1.3 × 0.5-0.6 mm. 2n = 14.
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